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Kastor is a great solid goat, FS88 (VEEG) @ 05-02. She has E's in Rear Legs & Rump. She also has V's in Shoulder Assembly & Back. Kastor could use improvements in Fore Udder Attachment, Rear Udder Height, Head, Front Legs & Feet. Kastor does not have a "Show" udder, but she is awesome on the milk stand. Tonic is just beautiful. He just has the worst luck trying to get a full appraisal. Our appraiser in 2025 just could not get over how exceptional he is. In 2023 he was appraised under code 99. He received E's in Head, Back, Rump and a V in Rear Legs. He just keeps getting better.

We have never bred Kastor to Tonic. Kastor & Tonic have similar strengths, so I have paired them with partners with complementary strengths in the past. I have been pairing Tonic to the wrong does in my herd and getting mixed results, as his Type Eval shows. I have a hunch this is going to be nice match. Neither was able to be appraised in 2025 due to tattoo issues. I was very disappointed, but it was entirely my fault for not double checking that their tattoos were not too faded. These are my top scoring Linear goats in the herd. Lola, Kastor's paternal sister, however, might just eclipse them both at her next appraisal.

Kastor was bred on Oct 15 to Lotus by AI. She short cycled and was live covered by Tonic at on October 21st. Kastor came back into heat on Nov 10th and was bred to Tonic. She did not short cycle after the 10th. Kastor has settled. This will likely be Kastor & Tonic's last hurrah. We are retiring both from breeding in 2026. Kastor is not settling on the first try anymore and Tonic's fertility has been slowly declining. We have plenty of Tonic straws in the tank to use in the future. Hoping for a doe to retain as Kastor's replacement. Kastor represents the materinal side of our Grinny Line. Her materinal brother, Sol's granddaughters were our two top performing First Freshners in 2025. It has been a surprise, how well our Grinny Line has done in our herd. Grinny was not what you'd you call a strong canidate for a founding line. Another lesson learned.

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We are so lucky to be able to breed Lola for 2026 kids. She has fully recovered from a terrible shoulder injury she sustained in 2025. Our Linear Appraiser, said she would not have noticed the injury if we had not pointed it out. This is a Linear Breeding. These kids will milk, will be show quality & will have the sweetest temperaments. Rapha's first two crops of kids are consistently Long in Body, Leggy w/Nice Rear Arches & are almost always Moonspotted. His first FF Yearling daughter appraised FS83 (GGGG) @ 01-07 in 2025. These kids will however, be slow to mature as both of their parents are from late blooming lines. As these kids will be born so close to the National Show at the end of June, I have a feeling we will just hold on to all of them till the Fall before deciding who to keep. If you are looking for a Herd Sire or a Show Quality Milker Message us. Special consideration & Discount to Show & Performance Homes.

As this is a Linear Breeding, this is what we are hoping to achieve. Lola could use more Rump Width and more blended Fore-Udder transition. Rapha scored a 42 in Rump Width & his dam has a 34 in Fore Udder & 33 in Udder Depth. at our 2025 Linear Appraisals. I would also like to see a bit more Udder Depth in Lola's kids. Lola's udder is her strongest asset, but it has not been appraised since she was two in 2021. FYI, She had to be dried off in 2023 due to Milk Stones & in 2025 due to Shoulder Injury on the reccomendation of our vet. At her sixth freshening, at six years old w/sextuplets her udder was just fantastic. She would have been able to nurse all six!

Rapha is a sweet young buck. His pedigree is without question, impeccable. He has a pedigree full of great Linear Scores, Show Wins, Superior Genetics, Elite Status, and PTI/ETA scores over 100. He is linebred NC PROMISEDLAND MG DIVA. He did very well for a young immature buck at our 2025 Linear Appraisal. We were very pleased with his FSS86 (VVV ) with E's in Head, Rear Legs & Back. He is nicely balanced with Body Depth: 33, Strength: 34, Dairyness: 35. As a two-year-old, Rapha's scores indicated he could use improvement in Front Legs, Shoulder Assembly & Feet. Lola scored an E & V's in those structural categories at our 2025 Appraisal. Lola did not recieve a FS but we were told if she were being scored like a buck she would have been given a FS88. Appraiser was really impressed with her dry udder structure, and Lola's udder is her best asset. Given that General Appearance for Bucks is 55 points and 35 points for Does, thinking Lola with her udder appraised might recieve a FS over 88 in the future as Mammary System is 35 points. Lola really is a very nice doe. Her Paternal Sister is Kastor, who scored a FS88 (VEEG) 05-02 at our 2023 Appraisal. Kastor was bred to Rapha in 2025 with beautiful results. These kids are going to be awesome!

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Selene was bred via AI to Agape's Prize Goldie Cox & Hidden Palms Blue Lotus. She did not cylce for 6 weeks. Maybe the embroys did not implant or maybe we just didn't notice her coming back into heat. She has been live covered by our own Goldie Cox son, Ticktey Boo. Frustrating as this pushes her out to a due date June 6th. Too late to take any of her kids showing at Nationals & her kids will not have been weaned yet to take Selene. Oh well, that is life. Selene is going to be a late bloomer so taking her to Nationals was just going to be a learning experinece as she just can't compete which the faster maturing does.

This breeding is going to be exciting. Tickety is young so it is hard to know if we have achieved what I was hoping for when we bred for him. We really like how he is coming along at 8 months olds. Nice looking little buckling. Tickety's Dam is our sweet Lola. Lola has the worst timing for Appraising but has absolutley the best udder in my herd. She just appraised under Code 99 and blew us away with her Structural Scores of E & V. She does have a weakness, and that is her Rump. She was bred to Cox to improve her Rump Width and possibly of add a bit of fore-udder refinement. Cox's Dam, Wood Bridge Farm 22K GOLD is the 2021 ADGA National Champion.

Selene is also a young, immature and very dairy doe, but she scored a FS83 (GGGG) in 2025 as a FF Yearling @ 86 DIM. She has just so much potential and has already eclipsed her dam. Selene's dam did not start to shine until four in her 3rd freshening. Selene is going to be one of those does just gets better with age. It is always tough when breeding immature, unproven younsters. For this match we own or have owned the following: Dam, Sire, DS, DD, SD, DDS, SDS, DDD, SDD, DDSD, SDSD, DDDS, DDDD & DDDDD. So feeling like we have a handle on this matches genetics. Gonna just have to trust the numbers & lineage behind this breeding.

This breeding combines the lines of two of my favorite does, who happen to be first cousins. They are also out of my top performing milk lines. Brewfm Laia & Brewfm Lola were bestie bottle babies. That sister bond continued till we sold Laia and her daughter Moon in 2024. These kids will have everything we breed for Temperment, Strong Maternal Instincts, Solid No Fuss Milking Does, Structuraly Correct & COI under 4%. We can't wait to meet these kids, it will be hard to let any of them go. Selene was also covered by our buck Tanqueray. We do plan on keeping a doe from Tickey & Tanqueray. Gold Kid's sire can only be Tickety's, Swiss can only be Tonic's. Black kids will need to be tested for Paterinity. Selene and her daughters are a big part of our herds future.

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Selene was bred via AI to Agape's Prize Goldie Cox & Hidden Palms Blue Lotus. She did not cylce for 6 weeks. Maybe the embroys did not implant or maybe we just didn't notice her coming back into heat. Selene was bred last year to our Rumpelstilskin with really nice results. We retained their daughter Tatiana. Breeding Selene to Tanqueray is a no brainer as he is Rumpel's sire. He did not get appraised in 2025 as we had hoped, but Appraiser thought he was just EXCEPTIONAL. When Tanqueray was appraised in 2023 he was given an E in Rump & a Body Depth of 45. Selene could use improvement in those areas. Selene was appraised as a yearling first freshner, but she will take a few years to reach full maturity. Because of this it is we find it difficult to match her up with a buck best suited to improve on her. Currently Tonic was the buck best suited to her that we had available.

Selene has also been live covered by our own Goldie Cox son, Ticktey Boo. Gold Kid's sire can only be Tickety's, Swiss can only be Tonic's. Black kids will need to be tested for Paterinity.

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Stella Bella was our hightest scoring first freshner at our 2025 Linear Appraisal. We knew she was looking good for a yearling, but she exceeded our expectations. Stella will take several years to reach her full potential as she comes from a dam line that is slow to mature. It has been tougher than I thought it would be pairing her for 2026 kids. Her results indicate she could use improvement in Rear Udder Height & Rear Udder Arch. I am not overy concerned about any of these on Stella. Stella's dam scored a 34/34/34 Udder Trifecta as a two year old FF. Stella's maternal sister who is a two year old FF scored a 33 in RUA. I feel confident Stella will grow into those categories by her next appraisal.

We have chosen to breed her to a buck that has been in the tank from the begining, Caurso. Caurso's dam & sire are why we purchased 5 straws. Opera has five Linear Appraisals all 90 or 91! She has also recieved E's in Head, Shoulder Assembly, Rear Legs & Back. Cernunnos, his sire has been appraised twice once at 4 and then again at 5 yers old. He recived E's in Head, Rear Legs & Back. He aslo recieved a 40 in Rump. Caruso has 3 full sisters, all earning their Superior Genectics & wins in the show ring. Caurso's Type Eval indicates his daughters score well in Fore-Udder, Rear Udder Height & Rear Udder Arch. He is also known to pass on improved General Appearance to his kids. The icing on the cake is he is a stunning Cou Clair. Stella's other color pattern is Black, so Cou Clair kids are possible.

Stella was inseminated at 3pm on 11/26 and then again at 6pm on 11/27. On the 26th, straw made it all the way thru her cervix. on the 27th, the straw only made it past the first ring and there was a bit of blow back. As I recall Stella settled on her first try last year on her first breeding. Hoping we get some Caurso kids. She was also covered by Raphael at 8am on 11/28. Rapha has some nice Old Mountian Lines. We retained their doe, Thursday in 2025. This would be a repeat breeding. Trying not to do repeats, but Thursday just looks sooo good and she will likely be shown in 2026.

Kids will DNA Tested for Parentage & Congenital Myotonia. Caruso is a carrier for Congenital Myotonia. Is this an issue, well we don't think it is. The goats who have two copies of the gene faint. It has nothing to do with confirmation or milk production & is not harmful to the goat.

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Stella & Rapha's kids have lots of nice Promistedland, Sugar Moon & Old Mountain lines. We retained their 2025 doe, Thursday. She is just beautiful. She is long & leggy with graceful movement. She is also quite flashy with her cream moonspots on her dark buckskin coat. This is a worthy repeat breeding. Rapha & Stella complement each other very nicely. It was a hunch last year; this year I have the linear data to back it up. We might even keep another doe if we don't get a Stella x Caurso doe to retain.

Where does Stella need improvement? As we mentioned in the Stella x Caurso match above, her appraisal results indicate she could use improvement in Rear Udder Height & Rear Udder Arch. Her Rump Angle & Width also could use improvement. I am not overly concerned about any of these on Stella. I feel confident Stella will grow into those categories by her next appraisal. The pairing with Rapha is a good one for Stella. Rapha's Dam has a 3 in RUH & x in RUA. Aphrodite also has a beautiful General Appearance that Stella could benefit from. Rapha is also still maturing, and we should see him improve in several categories by his next appraisal. We are extremely happy with Stella & Rapha's 2025 retained doe, Thursday. We cannot wait to get her in the show ring as a dry yearling.